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Bug 663917 - Left alt key switching not working with the gtk2 version 2.24.28-1.
Left alt key switching not working with the gtk2 version 2.24.28-1.
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 663779
Product: gtk+
Classification: Platform
Component: Widget: Other
2.24.x
Other Linux
: Normal major
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Assigned To: gtk-bugs
gtk-bugs
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2011-11-12 12:49 UTC by wassup
Modified: 2011-11-12 18:29 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
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Description wassup 2011-11-12 12:49:58 UTC 
System:
Arch linux, x86_64

Description:
After upgrade of gtk2 from version 2.24.27-1 -> 2.24.28-1, left alt's ability to switch windows stopped working. Thus, alt+<number> does not work anymore to switch windows in e.g. irssi and alike, yet it works to switch e.g. chromium tabs.

Here is the Arch bbs thread: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=130168
and arch bug report: https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/26862

Additional info:
gtk2-2.24.28-1

Steps to reproduce:
Upgrade to the gtk2 version 2.24.28-1.
Comment 1 wassup 2011-11-12 12:58:06 UTC 
Worth to mention: alt+1 outputs '1', alt+2 outputs '2' instead of changin windows to numbers 1 or 2.
Comment 2 Ionut Biru 2011-11-12 12:59:48 UTC 
on the other hand, gtk 3.2.2 has the same bug using gnome-terminal
Comment 3 Ionut Biru 2011-11-12 15:56:34 UTC 
bisected


commit 273283db9217960970810e90ef841f685231484a
Author: Michael Natterer <mitch@gimp.org>
Date:   Mon Nov 7 20:09:00 2011 +0100

    gdk: exclude MOD1 from the virtual modifier mapping
    
    which effectively nails down the MOD1 == ALT assumption that is valid
    in all other parts of GTK+. After the modifier abstraction fixes for
    OSX, the virtual mapping is now (correctly) used in more places, and
    caused problems with the common default PC keyboard layout on X11 that
    colocates ALT and META on the same key.
    (cherry picked from commit ac943bf69a87c992cfde59c6720ef08fdd20e683)

:040000 040000 d697337264f4b703d768e51b78aaa21400120140 1ee3d934e02a2ef1cfc77d050ea4d82e8826a1d1 M      gdk
Comment 4 Michael Natterer 2011-11-12 18:29:45 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 663779 ***